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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

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Even a small nuclear war would mean mass famine

FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service

Nov 20, 2022

This century’s worst-case climate scenario isn’t global warming of 4 or even 5 degrees Celsius. It’s a nuclear winter that would trigger global coolin...

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Olean marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks with service

BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald

Sep 12, 2022

OLEAN — With a generation growing up without the live images of the 9/11 terror attacks “seared in our memories,” officials called on those to remembe...

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US commanders’ blunt honesty

Oct 01, 2021

Congressional testimony this week by the top Pentagon officials charged with the Afghanistan pullout made clear that President Joe Biden opted against...

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Stranded in the White House

BYRON YORK

Aug 26, 2021

The Biden administration says it does not know how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan hoping to leave in the face of the American withdrawal and Ta...

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US marks 9/11 with somber tributes; Trump speaks at PA site

JENNIFER PELTZ and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press

Sep 11, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with tears and somber tributes as President Donald Trump hailed "the moment when America fought ...

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Trump learns the hard way he can’t act alone

Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg News

Aug 20, 2018

(TNS) Donald Trump couldn’t do a better job of teaching everyone how the presidency works, according to classic political scientist Richard Neustadt. ...